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After 11 Months, Pathways to Peace Demonstrator Found ‘Not Responsible’ for Code of Conduct Violations By CORAL PLATT Sun News Editor
March 17 — Dina Ginzburg, a second-year graduate student in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was found “not responsible” by a hearing panel for three alleged Student Code of Conduct violations, nearly 11 months after the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards launched an investigation centered around her disruption at the Pathways to Peace event. Ginzburg’s hearing took place on Feb. 6, almost 11 months after Pathways to Peace, a panel discussion held by the University on March 10, 2025 to discuss politics and conflict in the Middle East, including “potential paths forward for the people of Israel and Palestine,” according to its event page. Ginzburg was accused of “disrupt[ing] the event by yelling or chanting,” according to the formal OSCCS complaint, obtained by The Sun. Ginzburg’s case included a temporary suspension, which is implemented when “less restrictive measures are reasonably deemed insufficient to protect the Complainant or the University community” according to the Student Code of Conduct; inaccuracies in the initial reports; and other frustrations in the investigative process, a Sun investigation found, based on Cornell University Police Department body camera footage, emails between Ginzburg and OSCCS and documents related to Ginzburg’s case, all obtained by The Sun. “I think the entire process hasn’t been due process,” Ginzburg told The Sun. Ginzburg was one of 17 people arrested or detained for demon-
strating at the event, nine of whom were students. When The Sun requested a comment from the University regarding several of Ginzburg’s comments on due process and accountability, a University spokesperson wrote that “The university diligently follows all standards of due process laid out by the Student Code of Conduct and Procedures.” In a separate exchange prior to the hearing panel’s decision, The Sun asked a University spokesperson for comment on the case and Ginzburg’s sentiments, the spokesperson wrote that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act “protects the records of individual students and bars institutions from discussing specific conduct cases.” The spokesperson added that, “The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards moves through investigations as efficiently as possible without compromising thoroughness. The length of an investigation depends on different factors, including but not limited to, the complexity of a case and the amount of information to be gathered.” “Tzipi Livni, You’re a Chillul Hashem” Ginzburg’s demonstration at the event was in response to one of the Pathways to Peace panelists: Tzipi Livni, former Israeli vice prime minister and foreign minister. The other speakers included moderator Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon; panelist Daniel B. Shapiro, former U.S. ambassador to Israel; and panelist Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. Livni has faced allegations of war crimes from a British court, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office and the Attorney General’s Office
in Switzerland. The charges regard her role as the foreign minister and vice prime minister during “Operation Cast Lead,” an Israeli bombing of Gaza in 2008 that killed 1,417 people — an estimated 83% of whom were civilians, according to The Guardian. To continue reading, please visit www.cornellsun.com.
Coral Platt can be reached at cplatt@cornellsun.com.
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Pathways protester | Pathways to Peace protester Dina Ginzburg was found “not responsible” after 11-month investigation.
Former Hamas Hostage Presents at CFI Event The resolutions condemn hosting speakers ‘implicated in war crimes,’ Technion ties Kotlikoff Speaks, Students Pack Assembly Meeting as Resolutions 55, 61 Are Passed By VIVIENNE CIERSKI Sun Staff Writer
March 13 — President Michael Kotlikoff and Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, appeared before the Student Assembly Thursday evening amid a tense and crowded meeting in which students later debated two resolutions related to Cornell’s involvement with Technion and the invitation of war criminals to campus — both of which ultimately passed by wide margins. Kotlikoff and Lombardi attended the meeting to deliver remarks on the state of the University —including recent student
protests, Cornell’s Expressive Activity Policy, the University’s Resilient Cornell initiative and his delayed responses to previously passed Student Assembly resolutions — and to answer questions from Assembly members. The room was packed with students, many holding signs as they prepared to weigh in during the public comment period on two controversial measures: Resolution 55 and Resolution 61. Kotlikoff began the meeting with a roughly 10-minute prepared statement similar to remarks he recently delivered at a University Assembly meeting on Feb. 24. When discussing the administration’s partnership with the assemblies across campus, Kotlikoff spoke highly of the shared governance standard
upheld by Cornell’s various bodies. “Cornell has a long history of shared governance, dating back to the 1960s; it was and is part of our tradition,” Kotlikoff added. “It’s an expression of our commitment to our core values and part of our educational mission, one of the ways we strive to educate capable citizens who go on to contribute meaningfully to a thriving democracy.” Kotlikoff’s speech was intermittently interrupted by students in the crowd, who shouted and laughed at the president while he was delivering his address and during his responses to questions. When Kotlikoff addressed concerns about the timing of administrative responses to Assembly resolutions, he explained that the volume of resolutions and narrow response deadlines could make it difficult to respond quickly. To continue reading, please visit www.cornellsun. com. Vivienne Cierski can be reached at vcierski@cornellsun.com.
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By VIVIENNE CIERSKI Sun Staff Writer
March 12 — Maya Regev, a survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks and former Hamas hostage, spoke at an event hosted by Cornellians For Israel on Monday. Addressing a packed auditorium, Regev recounted her flee from the Supernova music festival attacks, her capture by Hamas and the determination that sustained her through nearly two months of captivity. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. Department of State since 1997, led attacks in southern Israel that killed approximately 1,200 people, including approximately 400 people at the Supernova music festival. Regev, one of 251 hostages captured by Hamas during the attacks, spent 50 days in captivity after being shot in both legs while fleeing the festival. Since her release from captivity, Regev has traveled internationally to share her story and advocate for the hostages who still remained in captivity. Regev told the audience that she did not feel fully safe “until every hostage was home.” Near the end of her talk, Regev addressed those who deny or minimize the events of Oct. 7, asserting that the attacks were not an abstract political debate, but a lived reality for many people.
“I want you to know that, for me, October 7, it’s not a debate,” Regev said. “It’s not something that I saw on social media. It’s not something that I read about online. It’s something that changed my life forever. And I want you to know that for every headline and every hashtag that you see, there are people behind it.” Regev, who was 21 at the time of the attacks, and her brother, Itay Regev, who was 18 at the time, attended the music festival with friends after returning from a family trip to South America. The festival, which coincided with Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday, drew more than 3,000 attendees. The event was meant to celebrate music, freedom and life, Regev said. And for a few hours, she said it did just that. “It was the best four hours of my life,” Regev said — but the celebration was violently interrupted. In the midst of the festival, sirens warning of incoming missiles from Gaza began sounding across the area. Having grown up In the midst of the festival, sirens warning of incoming missiles from Gaza began sounding across the area. Having grown up in Israel, Regev said the alarms initially did not worry her. “We didn’t find it to be such a big deal because it’s not the first time something like this had happened in Israel,” Regev said. See REGEV page 4